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Overall 6-1 (Home 2-0, Road 2-0, Neutral 2-1)
NWC 0-0 (Home 0-0, Road 0-0)
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HIGHLIGHTS:
* Recent Games: Bruins Go 1-1 in Cal Lutheran Tournament
* Coming Up: Final Two Non-League Games after Christmas
* Campbell BAA Athlete of the Week, Nominated for NWC Honors
* Polls/Rankings: GFU 16th in D3hoops Poll, 18th in WBCA
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Listed 16 Times, No. 1 in Scoring Defense
* NWC Stats: Bruins Lead in 9 Team, 2 Individual Stats
* Career Lists: Campbell Climbs to 8th in All-Time Rebounds
RECENT GAMES: 1-1 (Click scores for link to stories and box scores):
Dec. 17 - William Smith 61, George Fox 58 (Posada Royale #1 Tournament)
Dec. 18 -George Fox 72, California State-East Bay 46 (Posada Royale #1 Tournament)
COMING UP: Final Two Non-League Games after Christmas
Fri., Dec. 28, 6:00 p.m. - at Northwest University, Kirkland, Wash.
Sat., Dec. 29, 7:00 p.m. - vs. Worcester State College, Newberg, Ore.
Northwest (2-8) - Final road non-conference game ... No KFOX radio webcast ... The Eagles from Kirkland, Wash., are members of the NAIA Division II and the Cascade Collegiate Conference ... Series record: George Fox leads 6-1 since 1994 ( 3-1 home, 2-0 road, 1-0 neutral) ... The Bruins have won the last two meetings, including 81-65 on Nov. 18 in Newberg last season ... The Eagles' only win in the series was 76-69 on Dec. 7, 1999, in Newberg ... The Eagles have dropped their last two games, including a 78-51 setback at Southern Oregon on Dec. 19 ... Northwest averages 61.3 ppg and allows 77.5 ... The Eagles have two double-figure scorers: F Brittany Bowsher (15.3) and G Erika Hornyak (10.6) ... F Steph Flatau is the leading rebounder (6.6) ... G Rachel Travis is the assists leader (3.0) ... Coach Lori Napier (Eastern Washington '95) is in her 5th season at Northwest ... Next game: Dec. 29 vs. Dordt, 3 p.m. ...
Worcester State (2-6) - Final home non-conference game ... No KFOX radio webcast ... The Lancers from Worcester, Mass., are members of the NCAA Division III and the Massachusetts State College Athletic Conference ... Series record: First meeting ... This is the only game the Lancers will play on their trip to the Pacific Northwest ... The Lancers have won their last two, including a 67-59 win at Mt. Holyoke on Dec. 8, after an 0-6 start ... Worcester State averages 57.5 ppg and allows 69.5 ... The Lancers have two double-figure scorers: G Lindsay DelleChiaie (17.9) and G Alexis George (13.5) ... They are also the top rebounders (5.9 each) ... George is the assists leader (2.1) ... Coach Karen Tessmer (Gettysburg) is in her 13th season at Worcester State ... Next game: Jan. 9 vs. Eastern Connecticut State, 7 p.m. ...
COACH SCOTT RUECK:
Scott Rueck (Oregon State '91), the 2006-07 Northwest Conference Coach of the Year, is 209-81 (.721) to date in his 12th season as a college head coach, all at George Fox. He also received NWC Coach of the Year honors in 1999-2000, 2000-01 (Co-Coach), and 2004-05. He has guided the Bruins to four NCAA Tournament appearances and a 4-3 playoff record in the last eight years. Click here for the complete bio on Coach Rueck.
Rueck vs. upcoming opponents:
Northwest - 2-1 (1-1 home, 1-0 neutral)
Worcester State - 0-0
BRUIN BITS:
* Campbell BAA Athlete of the Week, Nominated for NWC Honors
Senior forward Katy Campbell has been named the Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week and has been nominated for Northwest Conference Player of the Week for Dec. 17-23 after leading the Bruins in scoring twice and earning All-Tournament honors in the Posada Royale #1 Tournament Dec. 17-18 in Thousand Oaks, Calif. The NWC Player of the Week will not be announced until Dec. 27 in the next league press release. In a 61-58 loss to William Smith on Dec. 17, Campbell scored 14 points on 4-7 from the field (1-1 on threes) and 5-6 from the line, with 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and a blocked shot. In a 72-46 win over California State-East Bay on Dec. 18, she had 12 points on 4-7 from the field (2-4 on threes) and 2-2 from the line, with 4 rebounds, an assist and a steal. For the week, she scored 26 points (13.0) on 8-14 shooting (.571), including 3-5 (.600) on threes, and 7-8 (.875) from the line, with 8 rebounds (4.0), 4 assists, 3 steals and a block.
* 2007-08 Honors:
Katy Campbell:
- D3hoops.com All-America Pre-Season 4th Team
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Nov. 12-18; Nov. 19-25; Dec. 17-23)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Nov. 12-18; HM, Nov. 19-25)
- Trinity Thanksgiving Classic MVP (Nov. 24-25)
- Posada Royale #1 All-Tournament Team (Dec. 17-18)
Tiffany Behary:
- Trinity Thanksgiving Classic All-Tournament Team (Nov. 24-25)
Kristen Shielee:
- Bruin Athletic Association Women's Athlete of the Week (Dec. 3-9)
- NWC Player of the Week (HM, Dec. 3-9)
* Rankings/Polls: GFU 16th in D3hoops Poll, 18th in WBCA
The George Fox Bruins are ranked 16th in the D3hoops.com NCAA Division III national poll of Dec. 17, receiving 251 points after being 15th with 252 points the week before. In the USA Today / ESPN poll of Dec. 18 as voted on by the Women's Basketball Coaches of America, George Fox was 18th with 61 points, down two spots from 16th with 77 points the week before. The D3hoops.com poll was taken while the Bruins were 5-0 before the Posada Royale Tournament Dec. 17-18, while the WBCA poll reflected the Bruins' 5-1 record after a narrow loss to William Smith on Monday.
George Fox has been ranked in the polls six of the past eight years (2000-2002 and 2005-2007). The Bruins' highest ranking ever was No. 1, a spot they held for two week in February of 2001.
The only other Northwest Conference team in the rankings is Puget Sound, which is 24th in the D3hoops.com poll. The Bruins will first meet the Loggers on Jan. 5 in Newberg. The WBCA poll has Hope (8-0) as the No. 1 team again, while the D3hoops.com poll kept Mary Washington (7-0) as its top team where it has been all season.
Complete polls:
USA Today/ESPN / WBCA Poll / D3hoops.com Poll
* 2007-08 Records
The Bruins have set or tied six new records thus far in 2007-08:
- Most Points, Game - 111 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 105 vs. Western Baptist, 11/20/1992)
- Fewest Points Allowed, Game - 13 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 23 vs. Pacific, 2/22/2005)
- Largest Winning Margin, Game - 98 (111-13) vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 76 vs. Columbia Christian, 104-28, 1/30/1993)
- Most Field Goals, Game - 47 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 44 vs. Columbia Christian, 1/30/1993)
- Most Assists, Game - 34 vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was 27 vs. Northwest Nazarene, 2/8/1991, and vs. Columbia Christian, 1/30/93)
- Lowest Opponents' Field Goal Pct., Game - .105 (4-38) vs. Multnomah Bible, 11/16 (previous record was .136, 8-59 at Whitman, 2/19/2000)
* NCAA Stats: Bruins Listed 16 Times, No. 1 in Scoring Defense
In the first NCAA Division III national statistics reports of 2007-08 (thru Dec. 16), George Fox is 1st in scoring defense (37.6), 3rd in scoring margin (+33.6) and rebound margin (+15.2), 9th in assists (18.8), 11th in 3-pt field goals (7.4), 12th in blocked shots (5.6), 13th in field goal pct. defense (.311), 14th in assist/TO ratio (1.00), 16th in field goal pct. (.461), 61st in scoring offense (71.2), 70th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.343), and tied with 17 others for best won-lost pct. (1.000, 5-0) ... The Bruins' 111 points vs. Multnomah Bible on Nov. 16 is the 5th-most scoring in a game this season ... Individually, Katy Campbell is 45th in field goal pct. (.565), and her 20 rebounds at Trinity on Nov. 24 is tied for 9th-best in the nation this season ... Melissa Marek-Farris is 28th in blocked shots (2.4) ... Mandee Spotts is 5th (5.00) and MaryAnn Samples is 38th (2.75) in assist/TO ratio ...
* NWC Stats: Bruins Lead in 9 Team, 2 Individual Stats
Where the Bruins rank in the latest Northwest Conference stats (thru Dec. 20):
Scoring Offense - 2nd (69.4)
Scoring Defense - 1st (42.1)
Scoring Margin - 1st (+27.3)
Field Goal Pct. - 1st (.454)
Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd (.331)
3-Pt Field Goals - 2nd (7.29)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. - 3rd (.347)
3-Pt Field Goal Pct. Defense - 2nd (.247)
Free Throw Pct. - 2nd (.726)
Rebounding Offense - 3rd (40.6)
Rebounding Defense - 1st (29.0)
Rebounding Margin - 1st (+11.6)
Assists - 1st (17.29)
Blocked Shots - 1st (6.00)
Steals - 2nd (10.14)
Turnover Margin - 4th (+3.71)
Assist/Turnover Ratio - 3rd (0.87)
- Katy Campbell is 1st in 3-pt field goal pct. (.571, T) 3rd in field goal pct. (.567), 5th in rebounding (8.0), 7th in blocked shots (0.71, T), 8th in scoring (13.0), 10th in free throw pct. (.750, T), steals (1.57, T) ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris is 1st in blocked shots (2.29), 12th in rebounding (5.9, T), 14th in free throw pct. (.700), 29th in scoring (7.7) â?¦
- Tiffany Behary is 5th in assist/TO ratio (1.31), steals (1.86), 8th in assists (3.0, T), 9th in 3-pt field goals (1.43), 10th in free throw pct. (.750, T), 13th in blocked shots (0.43, T), 18th in scoring (9.3) ...
- Jaime Hubka is 4th in 3-pt field goals (1.86, T), 12th in 3-pt field goal pct. (.382) â?¦
Click here for the latest NWC Statistics.
* Double-Doubles:
- Katy Campbell: career 9, season 2 - 13 pts/10 reb at Warner Pacific, 11/17; 11 pts/20 reb at Trinity TX, 11/24
* Career Lists: Campbell Climbs to 8th in All-Time Rebounds
- Katy Campbell had 8 rebounds in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 56 for the season and 572 in her career, which moved her past Liz Stephens (566, 1992-96) into 8th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead is Angela Pettit (613, 1993-97) ... She was 8-14 on field goals in the games, giving her a career field goal pct. of .460 (282-613), 7th best all-time ...
- Melissa Marek-Farris had 4 blocked shots in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 16 for the season and 120 in her career, 3rd on the all-time GFU list. Shawna Chandler (188, 1982-85) is 2nd ... She was 3-6 on field goals in the two games and has a career field goal pct. of .510 (171-335), 3rd-best all-time ...
- Tiffany Behary had 6 assists in the Bruins' last two games, giving her 21 this season and 209 in her career, 10th on the all-time GFU list. Ahead are Liz Clark (218, 2001-05) and Melinda Day (220, 1981-85) ... She was 2-10 in 3-pt field goals in the two games, giving her a career 3-pt field pct. of .365 (105-288), 7th best all-time ...
- Jaime Hubka was 3-8 in 3-pt field goals in the last two games, giving her a career 3-pt field goal pct. of .373 (57-153), 5th best all-time ...